Dismiss and Opinion Filed August 25, 2015
S In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-14-00532-CV
IN RE METHODIST CHARLTON MEDICAL CENTER, Relator
Original Proceeding from the 134th Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. DC-11-10629-G
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices Bridges, Lang-Miers, and Myers
Opinion by Justice Bridges
The parties have jointly moved to dismiss the petition for writ of mandamus advising the
Court that they have settled the case underlying the petition. We grant the motion and dismiss
the petition. See In re Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc., 166 S.W.3d 732, 737 (Tex. 2005) (orig.
proceeding) (“A case becomes moot if a controversy ceases to exist between the parties at any
stage of the legal proceedings.”); State Bar of Tex. v. Gomez, 891 S.W.2d 243, 245 (Tex. 1994)
(orig. proceeding) (controversy is justiciable if real controversy exists between parties that will
be actually resolved by judicial relief sought).
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/David L. Bridges/
DAVID L. BRIDGES
JUSTICE